Marines prepare for Los Angeles deployment
Digest more
Roughly 700 Marines from the Twentynine Palms base have been mobilized in response to protests and unrest in Los Angeles.
With the federalized National Guard deployed against the state's wishes and the Marines on the way to L.A., there are growing concerns about the policing role of the military.
Police and elected officials say the troops and Marines sent by the Trump administration are not properly trained to interact with civilians. A judge will decide whether to limit their duties.
The Defense secretary declined to say whether the Pentagon would comply with any judicial order blocking Trump’s domestic troop deployment.
California will face off with Washington in court on Thursday over President Donald Trump’s deployment of U.S. troops in Los Angeles after demonstrators again took to the streets in major
It's been five days since anti-ICE demonstrations erupted in Los Angeles, some turning violent between protesters and law enforcement officers, prompting President Trump to deploy National Guard troops and hundreds of Marines.
Not even a voicemail,” Newsom said in an X post responding to Trump’s Oval Office comments. “Americans should be alarmed that a President deploying Marines onto our streets doesn’t even know who he’s talking to.